No Mommy Wars for Me, Please!

If you follow any parenting, especially natural parenting blogs or websites, you have probably seen that TIME magazine wrote an article about attachment parenting.  The particular attention-getter is the front cover of a photo that shows a mom breastfeeding a 3-year-old boy.  I think we moms have to walk a fine line between passionately holding to our parenting choices (especially when we have done hours of research on, say, what kind of cloth diapers we want to use :)  and engaging in so-called "mommy wars."  Yes I care that babies get breastfed, that newborn boys are kept intact, and that people pick up crying babies.  I will continue to provide advice and encouragement to anyone who wants it regarding things that I have learned.  But these manufactured fights are just ways for media companies to get ratings.  And the result is more mothers either judging those who make "worse" choices or feeling like everyone is judging them.

Here's a great article about a mothering issue we all need to care about: some kids don't have one!
http://www.rageagainsttheminivan.com/2012/05/where-is-mommy-war-for-motherless-child.html